Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.
For all excellent things are as difficult as they are rare.
--Benedict Spinoza
The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to.death.
--Steven Pressfield
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
--Beverly Sills
Stop whining.
--Cathy Seipp
September 9, 2008
On the Academic Elite
A long time ago somebody said to me, "It doesn't bother me that academia is crazy. My neighbors are crazy, but their quirks tend to cancel each other out. What bothers me is that most academics are crazy the same way."
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